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Francis Beaulieu

Since 2007, in my Montreal workshop, I have dedicated myself to making viola da gambas and other baroque bowed instruments. I have so far crafted over 100 instruments, and I have built an enviable reputation amongst amateurs and professionals alike.

Historical sources describing the construction of the viola da gamba are very scarce; this knowledge was passed on orally from master to apprentice, and with the disappearance of the instrument at the end of the 18th century, the knowledge and expertise of the ancient makers went extinct. With the careful study and examination of their surviving instruments, we can however begin to understand the working methods and construction techniques employed by these old masters.

I have dedicated a portion of my career to studying historical viols, and I have understood and absorbed the principles that guided their creation. With the help of traditional techniques and tools, I am now able to craft instruments that not only capture the style and spirit of the ancient viols, but that also possess their rich and complex sonority.

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Depuis 2007, dans mon atelier de Montréal, je me consacre à la facture de la viole de gambe et des instruments à archet, et j'ai fabriqué à ce jour plus d'une centaine d'instruments, apprécié tant des amateurs que des professionnels du monde entier.

Il existe bien peu de documents d'époque qui traitent de la fabrication d'une viole de gambe; ces connaissances étaient transmises oralement, de maître à apprenti, et avec la disparition de la viole dans la deuxième moitié du 18e siècle, on voit également s'éteindre le savoir-faire des facteurs anciens. Heureusement, en étudiant soigneusement les instruments qu'ils nous ont laissées, on peut arriver à redécouvrir les méthodes de travail et les techniques de construction employées par ces luthiers du passé.

J'ai consacré une partie de ma carrière à l'étude de violes anciennes, et j'ai pu comprendre et m'imprégner des principes qui ont guidé leur fabrication. Aujourd'hui, à l'aide de techniques ancestrales et d'outils traditionnels, je m'applique à créer des instruments qui saisissent non seulement l'essence et le style des violes anciennes, mais qui en possèdent aussi la sonorité riche et complexe.

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